Jerusalem's rise to sovereignty : Zion and Gerizim in competition / Ingrid Hjelm.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Hjelm, Ingrid.

Series:

• Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 404.
• Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 404

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Judaism--History.
• Jerusalem in Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark International, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ingrid Hjelm examines the composition of the Books of Kings, using the Hezekiah narratives in 2 Kings 18-20 as a focus. She argues that this narrative is taken from that of the book of Isaiah, with which it shares linguistic and thematic elements. In Kings, it is used with the specific purpose of breaking the compositional pattern of curse, which threatens to place Jerusalem on a par with Samaria.Jerusalem traditions are examined against theories of a late Yahwist author and the Pentateuch's origin within a Jerusalem cult. While the Pentateuch in its final form became a common work, acceptable

Contents:

• Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION: CREATING THE CASE; Chapter 2 THE HEZEKIAH NARRATIVE AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE DEUTERONOMISTIC HISTORY; Chapter 3 THE BOOK OF ISAIAH'S AHAZ AND HEZEKIAH NARRATIVES AS FOUNDATION MYTHS; Chapter 4 DEUTERONOMIST VS. YAHWIST: AGREEMENT AND CONFLICT IN JEWISH AND SAMARITAN TEXT TRADITIONS; Chapter 5 PROPHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE STATUS AND THE FUNCTION OF THE LAW: DAVID AND MOSES IN COMPETITION; Chapter 6 MOUNTAIN VS. MOUNTAIN: THE PLACE YAHWEH HAS CHOSEN; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION: THE PLACE YAHWEH HAS CHOSEN; Bibliography; Index of References
• Index of Authors

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [304]-329) and indexes.

ISBN:

• 9786611802707
• 9781281802705
• 1281802700
• 9780567331977
• 0567331970

OCLC:

276369692